Lander Street Railroad Crossing, Seattle, WA

originally recorded on 8-28-22
Pedestrian signal on the left: 2 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs.
Signal on the left: 7 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs, a GE electronic bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and Alstom LED gate lights.
Signal on the right: 5 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs, a sick GE electronic bell, a WCH gate mechanism, and Alstom LED gate lights.
Pedestrian signal on the far right: 3 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs.
Pedestrian signal on the near right: 2 pairs of Harmon 12x24 inch lights with Harmon Fading LEDs.
After Everfree Northwest ended, I decided to hop on over to the Link Light Rail system in Seattle to film the signalized crossings on Line 1 around the SODO area. This was the first crossing I recorded, where we see some light rail trains pass through the crossing in two separate clips.
This crossing is a pretty nice one, featuring signals that were installed here when this part of the line was built back in the mid-2000s. Nothing appears to have been replaced on them since they were installed, which is rather nice to see, and both cantilevers still feature their original GE e-bells. Unfortunately, the closer one sounds like it's gone sick, and I wouldn't be too surprised if it dies at some point and gets replaced. This is also the only crossing on this line with Alstom LED gate lights, which are rather nice to see. Don't think I'd filmed any in quite a while, TBH.
Hopefully these signals remain the same for a good while to come (though with the sick e-bell being fixed), but either way, I'm glad to have been able to record this crossing in action.
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[@tvmtravelvideomovies6705]

Beautiful level crossing! 😀

[@freebrickproductions]

Thank you!

[@BryantsRailfanProductions]

Nice! Cool to see you caught a Gillig Phantom Bus in the background, also love the GE SMART Bells there!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@TheBCRailfan]

Great one! Certainly need to get down to the Seattle-Tacoma area sometime myself lol.

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks! Definitely!

[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Awesome!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@RailfanNS]

Awesome vid!! Love the GE bells though it’s a shame one is scratchy.

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@Hopen111YT]

Great video!

[@freebrickproductions]

Thanks!

[@TrainsInAdelaide]

The scratchy GE bell almost sounds like a Safetran Type 3 electronic bell, but in it’s scratchy version.

[@coltconnorproductions1016]

The GE bell just has its volume turned up all the way, they have adjustable volume, I don’t have the correct cord to adjust mine sadly. Also that GE bell is original to the crossing so if it is sick then that would be why

[@3mdoghouse95]

Interesting sign in the foreground--haven't seen one like that since 2004, when I lived in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

[@freebrickproductions]

The cross street here is the SODO Busway, which only busses are allowed to use.